Olympus M System Lens Mismarking

[OM1234]

I have a Zuiko 55mm F1.2 lens with the engraved front ring of the lens saying M-SYSTE rather than M-SYSTEM (the final letter is missing).

Has anyone else seen a Zuiko lens with this sort of mistake in the manufacture.

 

[Ronny]

The missing M?
Leica took it for the Leica M 🙂

 

[markrich]

Might want to hold onto that. Might be worth something in a few years. ;-)

 

[John Hermanson]

Is the engraving actually missing the "M" or is it just the white that has come out of the engraving? If engraving is bad, I have never seen that before. John

 

[Maiku]

You have a genuine Olympus M-system lens from 1973. The lens usually sells for 700 USD. Yours might get 900 USD. Search more on the Olympus M-system to get a better idea.

I have seen only one lens with the missing (m) like you have once. eBay seller Jiri_e sold a lens with the missing (m), but I do not remember the lens focal length.

 

[OM1234]

The lens engraving for the "M" is missing totally not just the paint missing.
I purchased the lens from eBay seller Jiri_e in may 2012.